1) You purchased four WXO 30 call option contracts at a quoted price of $.34. What is your net gain or loss on this investment if the price of WXO is $33.60 on the option expiration date?
2) You wrote ten call option contracts on JIG stock with a strike price of $40 and an option price of $.40. What is your net gain or loss on this investment if the price of JIG is $46.05 on the option expiration date?
3) You currently own a one-year call option on Way-One, Inc. stock. The current stock price is $26.50 and the risk-free rate of return is 4%. Your option has a strike price of $20 and you assume that it will finish in the money. What is the current value of your call option?
4) Three months ago, you purchased a put option on WXX stock with a strike price of $61 and an option price of $.60. The option expires today when the value of WXX stock is $63.50. Ignoring trading costs and taxes, what is your total profit or loss on your investment?
5) Suppose you look in the newspaper and see ABC trading at $50 per share. Calls on ABC with one month to expiration and an exercise price of $45 are trading at $6.50 each. Puts on ABC with one month to expiration and an exercise price of $55 are trading at $3.50 each. Are these prices reasonable? Explain. (Ignore transactions costs.)
6) You sold ten put option contracts on PLT stock with an exercise price of $32.50 and an option price of $1.10. Today, the option expires and the underlying stock is selling for $34.30 a share. Ignoring trading costs and taxes, what is your total profit or loss on this investment?